Food Creates Community: August 11

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Real Food.

I just read a delightful Q&A blog post by Michael Pollan in the New York Times. It is amazing to me that when people recognize their need to eat whole foods and take an initiative in their nutritional intake, that their lives and their pallates are changed for the better. I hope we can join in this initiative to live deeper healthful lives!

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/an-omnivore-defends-real-food/

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Food and Fellowship.

Being a part of Bible Study Fellowship has provided the opportunity for me to grow in spirit and in truth. Last night our BSF group joined together for dinner. We enjoyed brisket tacos, rice, and beans. The food was flavorful for the fact that when people gather together for food, even the humblest meals, their lives intersect and their conversation takes them into a truly remarkable moment.

Thai Soon.

Nestled in a tiny location on Coit and Beltline, Thai Soon offers fresh Thai cuisine in a quaint atmosphere. Emily and I have enjoyed a couple delightful meals here and somewhere between the charming staff, the sweet and tangy peanut sauce, and the perfect presentation of the satays we have decided to claim this as one of our neighborhood restaurants. My choice of starters is the classic spring roll that has the right balance of chewy wrapper, sweet basil, and crisp cabbage, when you submerge the roll in their peanuty sweet sauce you receive the perfect taste of Southern Asia. You said satays?... Chicken, Shrimp, and Tofu come out hot and glazed with sweet gingery goodness. The curries are precise, the soup is full of fresh vegetbles, and the wide noodles provide a wonderful alternative to a rice dish. I have had my eye on the Thai Donuts with peanut creme, but have not taken the plunge for dessert. Join us and enjoy the taste of Thai Soon.

Learning through Relationships.

El Centro has been a wonderful place to learn about food. Now compared to a CIA or French Culinary Institute we are looking at apples and oranges. You see the wonderful nature of El Centro is in the people. In any given class you have 20 individuals of different nationalities, ages, socio-economic levels, and food experiences. When we all come together to learn, cook, and eat there is a magic that happens in the classroom. We not only master the dishes of the day, but we learn to grow as culinarians. Where is a better place that we can support conversations with diverse people...the answer is at the table.

Bon Appetit!

Korea House.

The Korea House represents 3 decades of Dallas ethnic dining, sitting on the corner of Royal and Harry Hines you find this restaurant will not dissapoint. Last night my friend Young and I enjoyed dinner at this Dallas landmark. We started with banchan which is an assortment of marinated, pickeled, and seasoned vegetables. There were two different seaweeds, a chili marinated napa cabbage, pickeled daikon radish, and Marianted Soy sprouts. We had chilled soup with cucumber and buck wheat noodles and then my favorite Kai beef (rib meat marinated in pineapple, soy, and sugar) then grilled, WOW. We ended with a sweet rice broth.